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Definition of Misfortunate
1. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Pathos, Pity, Pity, Wretchedness
Definition of Misfortunate
1. a. Producing misfortune.
Definition of Misfortunate
1. Adjective. Having suffered misfortune; pitiable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misfortunate
Literary usage of Misfortunate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"... think that the possessions which "The misfortunate Clown" enumerates as his,
would be more than sufficient to form the nucleus of a grand establishment. ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"... it is but the mirth of a little animal, insensible of its misfortunate
situation : it is the landscape, the grove, the golden break of day, ..."
3. The Writings of William Paterson ... Founder of the Bank of England: With by William Paterson (1858)
"Mr. Grant has brought us insensibly to the times of our late misfortunate intestine
broils, which begun about the year 1640, and lasted near twenty years ..."
4. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1873)
"He's got neither chick nor child of his own, but he's always got a lot of
misfortunate beings about him as no one else would harbour. ..."
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